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南台钼多金属矿床是北秦岭典型的斑岩-矽卡岩型矿床,矿区内出露的岩浆岩主要有花岗斑岩、石英斑岩脉和爆破角砾岩,花岗斑岩内及接触带发育斑岩型和矽卡岩型钼多金属矿化。锆石LA-ICPMS定年测得花岗斑岩的U-Pb年龄为(151±1)Ma(N=12,MSWD=0.32),矿区内6件辉钼矿的Re-Os同位素模式年龄介于(146±2)～(151±2)Ma,其加权平均年龄为(148.8±1.7)Ma(N=6,MSWD=0.84)。成岩年龄与成矿年龄在误差范围内基本一致,表明南台钼多金属矿床形成于晚侏罗世,与其以北的华北克拉通南缘的主要斑岩型钼矿床大规模成矿时间一致。该花岗斑岩的锆石Hf同位素组成显示:176Hf/177Hf初始比值介于0.281 864～0.282 454,εHf(t)=-28.8～-7.9,两阶段模式年龄TDM2为2 654～1 506 Ma,均变化于一个较宽的范围,表明花岗斑岩的源区物质具有多源的特征,其中以壳源组分为主,可能有少量幔源组分的混入,暗示了成矿物质也可能主要来源于地壳,但地幔组分对成矿也有贡献。 相似文献
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吉林汪清夹皮沟斑岩型钼矿床的形成时代与成矿构造背景 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
夹皮沟钼矿床是吉林省汪清县近年来发现的一个中型斑岩型钼矿床.矿体赋存在受北东向断裂控制的似斑状黑云母二长花岗岩内.含矿岩体中锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb加权平均年龄为(193.1±1.0) Ma(MSWD=1.02),矿石中辉钼矿Re-Os等时线年龄为(188.6±4.7) Ma(MSWD=0.41),表明夹皮沟钼矿床形成于早侏罗世,与区域内其他斑岩型钼矿床(成岩成矿时代介于190～160Ma)同属于燕山早期大规模构造-岩浆-成矿事件的产物.似斑状黑云母二长花岗岩具有高硅[w(SiO2)=72.29％ ～72.81％]、富碱[w(Na2O+K2O)=7.62％ ～7.71％]的特点,属于弱过铝质的高钾钙碱性岩石系列;稀土元素分布型式呈明显的右倾型,轻、重稀土元素分馏明显(LREE/HREE为6.41～7.34),Eu异常中等(δEu=0.33 ～ 0.40);微量元素组成上表现为富集大离子亲石元素(LILE),亏损高场强元素(HFSE).似斑状黑云母二长花岗岩属于Ⅰ型花岗岩,矿床成岩成矿物质可能源于俯冲背景下增厚的下地壳.结合区域地质构造演化,认为夹皮沟钼矿形成于古亚洲洋构造体制与环太平洋构造体制叠加与转换的构造背景下,成岩成矿作用与燕山早期古太平洋板块的俯冲作用关系密切. 相似文献
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岗讲铜钼矿床是西藏冈底斯成矿带中段典型的斑岩型矿床,岗讲矿床成岩成矿时代、岩浆演化过程及其与成岩成矿关系尚不明确,利用LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年方法对岗讲矿区主要岩体二长花岗斑岩、花岗闪长斑岩和英云闪长玢岩成岩时代进行研究,获得锆石U-Pb年龄加权平均值分别为16.6±0.3 Ma (MSWD=0.94,n=10)、16.1±0.2 Ma (MSWD=1.07,n=12)、14.4±0.4 Ma (MSWD=1.12,n=7);同时采用辉钼矿Re-Os同位素测年方法首次对岗讲矿床石英硫化物脉中的辉钼矿进行定年,获得12件辉钼矿Re-Os同位素模式年龄集中于13.24±0.20 Ma~13.55±0.22 Ma,加权平均年龄为13.4±0.1 Ma (MSWD=0.65),等时线年龄为13.6±1.6 Ma (MSWD=1.2).结果表明:(1) 岗讲矿区复式岩体侵入序列为含巨斑黑云二长花岗岩-二长花岗斑岩-花岗闪长斑岩-流纹斑岩 (深部定名为英云闪长玢岩),成岩时限为16.6~14.4 Ma,成矿时代为13.4 Ma左右,成岩成矿是一个连续的岩浆演化过程;(2) 辉钼矿中Re含量为155.4~171.1 μg/g,均值为162.9 μg/g,指示其成矿物质中有幔源成分的加入;(3) 矿床产出于中新世印度-亚洲大陆碰撞后伸展构造环境. 相似文献
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东昆仑哈日扎含矿花岗闪长斑岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年及地质意义 总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6
哈日扎铜钼多金属矿床位于东昆仑成矿带东段,是大型斑岩型铜钼多金属矿床.笔者利用锆石LA-ICP-MS U-Pb法,获得花岗闪长斑岩的成岩年龄为(234.5±4.8) Ma(MSWD=0.24);花岗闪长斑岩为其成矿母岩.对哈日扎花岗闪长斑岩的岩石学和地球化学研究表明,花岗闪长岩富SiO2(70.94％～76.08％)、K2O(4.91％ ～6.07％),贫CaO(0.16％ ～2.01％)、Na2O(0.24％ ～0.78％),属钾玄岩系列及高钾钙碱性系列.稀土元素总量变化较大(124.69×10-6～178.68×10-6),稀土元素配分曲线为平缓的右倾型,轻稀土元素相对富集,重稀土元素相对亏损.δEu变化范围0.26～0.30,具有弱负Eu异常.岩石微量元素相对富集大离子亲石元素(LILE),贫高场强元素(HFSE),即相对富集Rb、U、La和Nd,而亏损Ba、Sr、Nb和Y.花岗闪长斑岩形成于同碰撞构造环境. 相似文献
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对锡铁山北东侧的花岗斑岩体进行锆石U—Pb年代学、岩石地球化学及Hf同位素研究。通过LA—ICP—MS锆石U—Pb同位素测年,获得花岗斑岩的成岩年龄为373. 9±2. 2 Ma (MSWD=0. 069),属于晚泥盆世岩浆活动的产物。岩石地球化学特征显示岩石富硅(SiO_2=76. 33%～76. 99%)和碱(K_2O+Na_2O=7. 28%～8. 19%),低钙(CaO=0. 58%～0. 75%)、镁(MgO=0. 20%～0. 31%)和Mg~#值(Mg~#=23. 29～30. 17),A/CNK介于0. 97～0. 98,属于准铝质钙碱性岩石系列。岩石相对富集Rb、Th、U等大离子亲石元素,亏损Nb、Ta、Ti、P等高场强元素及Ba、Sr等部分大离子亲石元素。稀土元素配分曲线呈右倾型,轻稀土元素分馏明显,重稀土元素分馏较弱,且相对富集轻稀土元素,亏损重稀土元素,显示明显的负Eu异常(δEu=0. 36～0. 43)。锆石Hf同位素ε_(Hf)(t)比值为+6. 6～+9. 6,二阶段模式年龄T_(DM2)为760～950 Ma。综合岩石地球化学及同位素的研究表明,锡铁山花岗斑岩为高分异的I型花岗岩,岩浆源区主要为起源亏损地幔的新元古代新生地壳物质的部分熔融。结合区域构造背景和前人研究成果,认为本文锡铁山花岗斑岩形成于柴达木地块与祁连地块碰撞后伸展的大地构造环境。 相似文献
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大兴安岭南段毛登-小孤山锡多金属矿田年代学、 地球化学特征及其地质意义 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：0
毛登-小孤山锡多金属矿田位于大兴安岭南段成矿带。文章通过对该矿田的锆石和锡石进行LA-(MC)-ICP-MS原位U-Pb测年,及对与成矿关系密切的斑状花岗岩主微量元素地球化学特征的研究,揭示了该矿田的成矿时限及成矿地质背景。斑状花岗岩的锆石206Pb/238U加权平均年龄为(132.19±0.77)Ma,锡石207Pb/206Pb-238U/206Pb谐和年龄为(140±20)Ma,表明该矿田的岩浆-成矿作用发生在早白垩世。毛登-小孤山矿田中的斑状花岗岩具有较高的w(SiO2)(70.4%～71.0%),富K2O(4.93%～5.27%),高10 000Ga/Al比值(3.10～4.06),Fe相对Mg较为富集,强烈亏损Sr、Ba、Ti和P元素,稀土元素配分曲线呈右倾,Eu负异常明显,δEu为0.31～0.40,上述特征与A型花岗岩一致。结合区域地质特征、成岩成矿年代学、岩石地球化学结果,表明与大兴安岭南段锡多金属矿相关的花岗岩形成于早白垩世(145～120 Ma)的伸展背景下,为软流圈上涌导致含有大量幔源成分的锡林浩特古陆块部分熔融所形成。 相似文献
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《矿物学报》2015,(4)
宾川宝丰寺碱性斑岩体位于扬子陆块西缘金沙江—红河断裂与宾川—程海断裂夹持部位,属于金沙江—红河富碱斑岩带组成部分,由细晶含黑云母花岗斑岩和粗晶花岗斑岩组成。LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb测年结果显示,2件样品的206Pb/238U加权平均年龄分别为34.99±0.37 Ma(MSWD=2.1,n=20)和33.53±0.27 Ma(MSWD=1.4,n=19),均属古近纪始新世岩浆活动的产物。宝丰寺花岗斑岩的成岩年龄与印—亚晚碰撞转换时限(41~26 Ma)和滇西三江富碱斑岩带碱性岩浆活动高峰期(45~30 Ma)一致,表明宝丰寺斑岩成岩作用是印—亚大陆碰撞的响应,形成于晚碰撞期伸展构造背景下。此外,本次获得的宝丰碱性斑岩成岩年龄与滇西斑岩型矿床成矿高峰期年龄(34±2 Ma)吻合,暗示宝丰寺碱性斑岩具有一定的成矿潜力。 相似文献
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青海省囊谦县钾质碱性岩岩石化学成分富碱(Na2O+K2O=7.20%~10.6%),高钾(Na2O/K2O=0.56~0.93)和富钙 (CaO=1.65%~6.39%),富集 Rb,Ba,Th,U,Sr 等大离子亲石元素( LILE) 和 Pb, 亏损 Nb,Ta,Zr,Hf,Ti 等高场强元素(
HFSE)。∑REE 范围为 336.8×10-6~611.31×10-6,富集轻稀土(LREE/HREE=19.78~33.58)和铕异常不明显(δEu=0.96~1.05)。 粗面玄武岩、二长斑岩、正长斑岩 LA-ICP-MS U-Pb 定年结果分别为 34.9±1.2 Ma,35.0±1.1 Ma,35.3±0.5 Ma,均属于古近纪, 相当于晚始新世。从本文定年结果还表明斑岩(花岗斑岩)成岩时间略早于火山岩,暗示该区的岩浆作用,有先侵入后喷 发的趋势。囊谦钾质碱性岩的成因与印度、欧亚两大陆碰撞有内在的联系。 相似文献
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桂东北苗儿山张家花岗岩LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄与地球化学特征 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
对张家岩体乍古田矿床及张家矿床的2件赋矿围岩样品,开展LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb同位素定年,获得乍古田矿床赋矿围岩形成年龄为218.0±1.4Ma,张家矿床赋矿围岩形成年龄为226.8±5.7Ma。另外,对张家岩体8件样品的主量、微量元素及Sr-Nd同位素分析测试显示,张家花岗岩富硅(Si O2=74.35%~76.29%)、高铝(Al2O3=12.54%~14.03%)、高碱(Na2O+K2O=6.95%~9.17%)、低镁(Mg O=0.34%~0.45%)、低钙(Ca O=0.68%~1.03%)、低钛(Ti O2=0.106%~0.18%),属高钾钙碱性花岗岩;富集Rb,亏损Ba、Sr,Rb/Sr值高,属于低Ba-Sr花岗岩;轻稀土元素富集,负Eu异常;富U(平均21.5×10-6),Th/U值低(平均1.63),有利于铀矿化;(87Sr/86Sr)i高(约0.7247),低εNd(t)值(平均-13.95),二阶段Nd模式年龄为2.07~2.19Ga。张家花岗岩属于强过铝质S型花岗岩,可能是华夏板块古元古代基底变泥质岩经部分熔融形成的。 相似文献
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黑龙江省多宝山Cu-Mo矿床成矿斑岩锆石U-Pb年龄及地球化学特征 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
多宝山矿床位于大兴安岭北部,是中国东北地区规模最大的斑岩型Cu-Mo矿床。文章对该矿床中与成矿关系密切的花岗闪长斑岩进行了详细的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb定年、主量元素、微量元素及Hf同位素研究。结果表明,花岗闪长斑岩的LA-ICP-MS锆石U-Pb年龄为(474.9±1.8)Ma,其w(Si O2)为70.73%~73.45%,w(K2O)和w(Na2O)分别为2.99%~3.88%、3.86%~4.38%,属高钾钙碱性系列。岩石富集轻稀土元素,(La/Yb)N=6.32~12.76,显示出Ba、K、La、Sr、Zr、Hf、Sm等元素富集,Th、Ta、Nb、Ce、P、Ti等元素亏损的特征。锆石εHf(t)值介于10.3~14.6。详尽的元素和同位素地球化学特征表明多宝山花岗闪长斑岩可能形成于大陆边缘弧环境,来源于加厚陆壳条件下亏损地幔新增生的年轻地壳物质的部分熔融过程。 相似文献
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Police, politics, and the right to the city 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Mustafa Dikeç 《GeoJournal》2002,58(2-3):91-98
Space and spatiality have recently been at the core of debates concerning the political possibilities of the city. The arguments advanced in this paper might be seen as an attempt to contribute to these debates through a reflection on the spatiality of (in) justice, politics, and the right to the city. The case of French urban policy, with its focus on distressed urban areas, and the `suburban problem' in France are used as examples to make arguments more concrete. 相似文献
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E. M. Prasolov S. A. Sergeev B. V. Belyatsky E. S. Bogomolov K. A. Gruzdov I. N. Kapitonov R. Sh. Krymsky V. O. Khalenev 《Geochemistry International》2018,56(1):46-64
This paper reports the first results of a study of 11 isotope systems (3He/4He, 40Ar/36Ar, 34S/32S, 65Cu/63Cu, 62Ni/60Ni, 87Sr/86Sr, 143Nd/144Nd, 206–208Pb/204Pb, Hf–Nd, U–Pb, and Re–Os) in the rocks and ores of the Cu–Ni–PGE deposits of the Norilsk ore district. Almost all the results were obtained at the Center of Isotopic Research of the Karpinskii All-Russia Research Institute of Geology. The use of a number of independent genetic isotopic signatures and comprehensive isotopic knowledge provided a methodic basis for the interpretation of approximately 5000 isotopic analyses of various elements. The presence of materials from two sources, crust and mantle, was detected in the composition of the rocks and ores. The contribution of the crustal source is especially significant in the paleofluids (gas–liquid microinclusions) of the ore-forming medium. Crustal solutions were probably a transport medium during ore formation. Air argon is dominant in the ores, which indicates a connection between the paleofluids and the atmosphere. This suggests intense groundwater circulation during the crystallization of ore minerals. The age of the rocks and ores of the Norilsk deposits was determined. The stage of orebody formation is restricted to a narrow age interval of 250 ± 10 Ma. An isotopic criterion was proposed for the ore-bearing potential of mafic intrusions in the Norilsk–Taimyr region. It includes several interrelated isotopic ratios of various elements: He, Ar, S, and others. 相似文献
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Delivery of Trace Metals (Al,Fe, Mn,V, Co,Ni, Cu,Cd, Ag,Pb) from the Trinity River Watershed Towards the Ocean 总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2
The Trinity River (Texas, USA) contains in its watershed 23 different reservoir lakes, the largest one being Lake Livingston
situated in the lower Trinity River watershed and two potentially polluting metroplexes, Dallas and Houston. In order to determine
fluxes of nutrients and trace metals to Galveston Bay, a survey that included 24 discreet samples collected over a year and
at various stages of discharge was carried out during 2000–2001. Geochemical (i.e., sorption by Fe oxyhydroxides), biological
(i.e., seasonal uptake by sinking algae in Lake Livingston), and hydrological (i.e., dilution effects by increasing flow rates)
controls were found to be mainly responsible for variations in dissolved trace metal concentrations rather than pollution
sources. The Trinity River loads of suspended sediments and pollutant trace metals entering Galveston Bay at Anahuac were
<20% of those reaching Lake Livingston, and only a few percent of the total upstream trace metal load is entering the Gulf
of Mexico. Thus, during the transit through the 23 man-made lakes and an estuary, >96% of the pollutant trace metal load is
lost to sediments. 相似文献
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V. Yu. Prokof’ev L. D. Zorina V. A. Kovalenker N. N. Akinfiev I. A. Baksheev A. N. Krasnov G. A. Yurgenson N. V. Trubkin 《Geology of Ore Deposits》2007,49(1):31-68
The mineral composition of the Talatui gold deposit has been studied with modern methods. Previously unknown minerals (ilmenite, siegenite, glaucodot, wittichenite, matildite, hessite, pilsenite, zircon, tremolite, cummingtonite, hercynite, and goethite) have been identified in the ore. A high Re content has been detected in molybdenite. The spatiotemporal separation of Au and Ag is caused by different mineral species of these elements and their diachronous precipitation during the ore-forming process. Gold crystallized along with early mineral assemblages, beginning from virtually pure gold (the fineness is 996). Silver precipitated largely at the end of the process as hessite (Ag2Te) and matildite (AgBiS2). The temperature of ore deposition varied from 610 to 145°C, the pressure was 3370–110 bar, and the salt concentration ranged from 56.3 to 0.4 wt % NaCl equiv. The heterogeneous state (boiling) of fluid at the early stages has been documented. The chemical and isotopic compositions of the fluid testify to its magmatic nature and the participation of meteoric water at late stages in the ore-forming process. Thermodynamic modeling reproduces the main specific features of ore formation, including separation of Au and Ag. A physicochemical model of the gold mineralization in the Darasun ore district has been proposed. On the basis of several attributes, the Talatui deposit has been referred to the prophyry gold-copper economic type. 相似文献
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Influences of the unsaturated,saturated, and riparian zones on the transport of nitrate near the Merced River,California, USA 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Joseph L. Domagalski Steven P. Phillips E. Randall Bayless Celia Zamora Carol Kendall Richard A. WildmanJr Janet G. Hering 《Hydrogeology Journal》2008,16(4):675-690
Transport and transformation of nitrate was evaluated along a 1-km groundwater transect from an almond orchard to the Merced River, California, USA, within an irrigated agricultural setting. As indicated by measurements of pore-water nitrate and modeling using the root zone water quality model, about 63% of the applied nitrogen was transported through a 6.5-m unsaturated zone. Transport times from recharge locations to the edge of a riparian zone ranged from approximately 6 months to greater than 100 years. This allowed for partial denitrification in horizons having mildly reducing conditions, and essentially no denitrification in horizons with oxidizing conditions. Transport times across a 50–100-m-wide riparian zone of less than a year to over 6 years and more strongly reducing conditions resulted in greater rates of denitrification. Isotopic measurements and concentrations of excess N2 in water were indicative of denitrification with the highest rates below the Merced River. Discharge of water and nitrate into the river was dependent on gradients driven by irrigation or river stage. The results suggest that the assimilative capacity for nitrate of the groundwater system, and particularly the riverbed, is limiting the nitrate load to the Merced River in the study area. 相似文献
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扬子北缘马元铅锌矿床闪锌矿微量元素及S-Pb-He-Ar-C同位素地球化学研究 总被引：7，自引：3，他引：4
马元铅锌矿床是近年扬子陆块北缘铅锌找矿的新突破。矿体呈层状、似层状产于碑坝隆起翼部震旦系灯影组角砾状白云岩层间构造带中,围岩蚀变很弱。矿石中硫化物以闪锌矿、方铅矿为主,中粗粒晶质结构,充填于白云岩角砾间。闪锌矿富集Cd、Ge、Ag,贫In、Tl、Se,Ga/In为6~132,Ge/In多1000,成矿温度以中-低温为主。金属硫化物ε~(34)S值相对集中,为12.9‰~19.4‰,平均为17.4‰,来自于海相硫酸盐的还原。铅同位素组成稳定,~(206)Pb/~(204)Pb为17.858~17.918:~(207)Pb/~(204)Pb为15.603~15.694;~(208)Pb/~(204)Pb为37.756~38.046,具有造山带和上地壳铅的特征,震旦系可能提供了金属成矿物质。闪锌矿中流体包裹体的~3He/~4He为0.03Ra~1.05Ra,~(40)Ar/~(36)Ar为326.1~765.1,~(38)Ar/~(36)Ar为0.183~0.204,表明成矿流体主要为地壳流体和饱和大气水(大气降水或海水)的混合。闪锌矿内流体包裹体挥发分δ~(13)C_(CH_4)值为-36.01‰~-28.80‰,δ~(13)C_(C_2H_6)值为-27.72‰~-22.44‰,δ~(13)C_(CO_2)值为-23.24‰~-9.68‰,表明有机流体参与了成矿作用。石英、方解石的H-O同位素结果表明具有海水和有机水混合的特征。可见,成矿流体具有两种流体混合的特征,一为蒸发海水与围岩反应所形成的盆地卤水,二为有机流体。推测矿区可能存在一个古油气藏,由于TSR生成一高硫气藏,为区内还原性有机流体的主要来源。当富含Pb、Zn等成矿物质的成矿流体运移至富含CH_4和H_2S的还原性流体的矿区角砾岩带时,两种流体混合,Pb、Zn等遇到H_2S发生反应而沉淀成矿,并伴生热液白云石等,形成了马元铅锌矿床。综上所述,我们认为马元矿床属MVT型铅锌矿床。 相似文献
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I. M. Gorokhov M. A. Semikhatov M. M. Arakelyants E. A. Fallick N. N. Mel’nikov T. L. Turchenko T. A. Ivanovskaya T. S. Zaitseva E. P. Kutyavin 《Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation》2006,14(3):260-274
Clay subfractions (SFs) of <0.1, 0.1–0.2, 0.2–0.3, 0.3–0.6, 0.6–2 and 2–5 μm separated from Middle Riphean shales of the Debengda Formation are studied using the TEM, XRD, K-Ar and Rb-Sr isotopic methods. The oxygen and hydrogen isotope compositions in the SFs are studied as well. The low-temperature illite-smectite is dominant mineral in all the SFs except for the coarsest ones. The XRD, chemical and isotopic data imply that two generations of authigenic illite-smectite different in age are mixed in the SFs. The illite crystallinity index decreases in parallel with size diminishing of clay particles. As compared to coarser SFs, illite of fine-grained subfractions is enriched in Al relative to Fe and Mg, contains more K, and reveals higher K/Rb and Rb/Sr ratios. The Rb-Sr age calculated by means of the leachochron (“inner isochron”) method declines gradually from 1254-1272 Ma in the coarsest SFs to 1038-1044 Ma in finest ones, while the K-Ar age decreases simultaneously from 1225–1240 to 1080 Ma. The established positive correlation of δ18O and δD values with dimensions of clay particles in the SFs seems to be also consistent with the mixing systematics. The isotopic systematics along with data on mineral composition and morphology lead to the conclusion that mixedlayer illite-smectite was formed in the Debengda shales during two periods 1211–1272 and 1038–1080 Ma ago. The first period is likely close to the deposition time of sediments and corresponds to events of burial catagenesis, whereas the second one is correlative with the regional uplift and changes in hydrological regime during the pre-Khaipakh break in sedimentation. 相似文献
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Over the past decade researchers working on the rocks of the Beaufort Group in the main Karoo Basin of South Africa have vastly increased our understanding of this important Permo-Triassic sequence. Many new fossil forms have been discovered, allowing for breakthroughs into the biodiversity, biogeography and biostratigraphy of the group. Taxonomic and phylogenetic advances are many and varied, and cover most of the vertebrate taxa, but with emphasis placed on the temnospondyl amphibians, archosauriforms and non-mammalian synapsids, in particular the anomodontia. Biostratigraphic breakthroughs have centered on the Middle Permian Eodicynodon and Tapinocephalus assemblage zones, the Late Permian Dicynodon Assemblage Zone, and the Triassic Lystrosaurus and Cynognathus assemblage zones. Correlation of these biozones with better dated sequences in Europe, Russia and China has allowed for many chronostratigraphic refinements, which are in turn vital for sequence stratigraphical analysis of the basin fill. Based on fossil data, both the lower (Ecca–Beaufort) and upper (Beaufort–Molteno) contacts of the group have been proved to be highly diachronous. The refined chronostratigraphic framework has also allowed for a better analysis of the basin evolution through time, particularly in terms of the correlation of external stimuli that affect basin sedimentation patterns. 相似文献